Places We Love: Green Leaf Brewing Company
The North Shore is home to four different micro-breweries, all of which produce deliciously quaffable products. Lower Lonsdale is lucky enough to have one of these destinations right in its heart:...
View ArticlePlaces We Love: The Soup Meister
I LOVE the Soup Meister. Oh, that came out wrong. Let me rephrase that. I like The Soup Meister and I admire his soups. Until recently, my bashfulness prevented me from speaking a word to German-born...
View ArticlePlaces We Love: Booklovers
“When I was eight or nine I was doing a school project with National Geographic’s. My dad said ‘No, don’t use mine. Get your mom to take you to a used bookstore and you buy them there – those are the...
View ArticlePlaces We Love: Forest Gems and Stones
What: Forest Gems and Stones. A store that sells precious and semi-precious gemstones and has one-of-a-kind jewellery. Combines the healing properties of crystals and gemstones. Who: Allen and Ling...
View ArticlePlaces We Love: The Garden of Earthy Delights
One of the places I love in Lower Lonsdale is the Community Gardens, just off St. Georges between 2nd and 1st. A short walk from my door, this communal garden has a cornucopia of earthy treasures that...
View ArticlePlaces We Love: La Taqueria
What: La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop Who: Founder, Marcelo Ramirez Romero When: Since 2009 Where: 1305 Welch St Hours: 11am-5pm every day — They’re open on weekends! Why do we love them? From the moment...
View ArticlePlaces We Love: Coconama Chocolate Co.
What: Coconama Chocolate Co. Ltd. Who: Owners, Taka & Kayoko When: Relocated to North Vancouver, June 2015 Where: 264 1st St E, North Vancouver, BC, V7L 1B3 Hours: Wednesday – Monday, 10am-6pm...
View ArticleLower Lonsdale: 2015 in Review
It’s hard to believe, but we’re a mere hours away from wrapping up another year, Lower Lonsdale! This has been our first full year writing about the places we love, the people we love, eating our way...
View ArticlePlaces We Love: V-Nam Restaurant
The best Pho in Lower Lonsdale can be found on the corner of 3rd and St. Georges, beneath the Twin Towers apartment buildings and next door to the Turntable Shop. You can’t miss the bright yellow...
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